An Introduction to Statistical Learning with Applications in R (ISLR) Focused on applying statistical learning Our primary book for the meetups Available at http://www-bcf.usc.edu/~gareth/ISL/ The Elements of Statistical Learning (ESL) Provides the theory We may use this for some deeper dives Available at http://statweb.stanford.edu/~tibs/ElemStatLearn/
Download and install R https://www.cran.r-project.org Download and install RStudio https://www.rstudio.com/products/rstudio/download/